During the END SARS protest in Nigeria, we were told that some hoodlums went into the palace of the Oba of Lagos state and cart away the staff of the office of the oba of Lagos state. In others, word the scepter of the king.
In the story, it was said that when the hoodlum came into the palace, they meant the king in the swimming pool having a nice time in the pool. And on seeing the hoodlum, the King ran out of the pool and ran into hiding.
It was said that the hoodlum stole away some cash in dollars notes along sides the sceptre of the Oba. Leaving the Oba naked physically and spiritually in office, without his staff of office.
As we all know without the staff of office which is the symbol of authority, which is also the sceptre of the king, the Oba will become powerless and can not make a decree to come to pass in his kingdom.
The sceptre or the staff of the office is the king’s symbol of authority. It is what gives the king power over his subjects.
It is what gives the king authority to make a decree and it will come to pass both physically and spiritually.
without the sceptre, the king is as powerless as his people.
As a believer and as a king our sceptre is in the word. It is not a physical thing that can easily be stolen away like the earthly kings. This is the beauty in our staff of office.
The Bible made us understand that we are kings and princes.
As kings, we must look to understand where does our sceptre or staff of office lies.
We must look to understand where our power lies to be able to function well as kings and princes that we have been called to be in this kingdom, handed to us by the creator.
Just as every king in a kingdom’s power lies in their given sceptre as their staff of office to function well in their office of kingship, so also does every believer’s power lies in the name of Jesus that gives them the power to function here on earth.
The sceptre of the believers is in Christ and as a king on earth, it is in the name of Jesus.
With this sceptre in the mouth of the believer, every tongue shall confess that Jesus is Lord. And every kneel must bow.
Mark 16:17 said “this sign shall follow them that believe. In my name, they shall cast out demons and they shall speak in new tongues.
As a king and as a believer coming from the kingdom that is ruled and governed by the word of truth, our sceptre must also be the anchor of the word of truth if it will ever work in our mouth.
And this sceptre should always reside in our mouth at all times to make a decree to come to pass.
A King without a sceptre or the staff of the office is as good as a useless king.
It is as good as a powerless king.
The truth is we have been given a name that is above every other name, that at the mention of this name every knee must bow and every tongue must confess that Jesus is Lord.
Our sceptre as a believer is a word sceptre and that sceptre is the name of Jesus.
Our success in this world lies in how well we can use this sceptre.
So seek to know more about this name scepter today, will you?
